Example sentences of "[vb past] to [pers pn] with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to him with a sudden pang that this was now in jeopardy . |
| 2 | Very few came to him with a complete understanding of who he was and what he had come to do , so their faith was correspondingly weak . |
| 3 | Leon Kennedy slumped in his chair , laughing , and it came to him with the same elegance as movement . |
| 4 | He was a highly educated gentleman , a very well known Varsity athlete , but he came to me with a bad report that he was completely and utterly clueless about some of the finer points of simple take-off and landing procedures . |
| 5 | My Pop came to me with an old Army pistol in his hand , knelt beside me and said , ‘ If you want me to kill him , I will . |
| 6 | When the red light went out after my closing announcement , Mr Murray turned to me with a broad grin ‘ Was that all right ? ’ he asked , and I shook his hand acknowledging his ad-lib masterpiece . |
| 7 | He sank it and turned to me with a real glint in his eye and said something like , ‘ Now let's go . ’ |
| 8 | As the lock slid shut , she turned to me with a merry grin . |
| 9 | I remarked on this once to Mr Dakin and the old man turned to me with a wry smile . |
| 10 | Emily turned to him with a blank expression . |
| 11 | She turned to him with an affectionate grin , knowing his soft heart had been hugely moved by the children that afternoon . |
| 12 | The producer turned to him with an apologetic smile , his voice injected with what the sergeant considered a theatrical dose of concern . |
| 13 | She turned to him with the first real interest in her face that he 'd seen . |
| 14 | He turned to her with a searching expression , as if he suspected her of withholding something . |
| 15 | She was not surprised when the girl turned to her with the dark remark , ‘ I wish he had n't come in just then . ’ |
| 16 | She turned to them with a glowing smile . |
| 17 | But whether there was actual fighting or not , the situation was obviously perceived as a military threat by the Roman administration , who reacted to it with a large-scale military response . |
| 18 | Jesus Christ several times appeared to her with a sweet and gracious countenance , saying to her to rouse her courage , ‘ remember my love , that the bed of the cross on which I died for love of you was harder , narrower and more painful than that on which you are now lying' ’ . |
| 19 | This is one where I put the price up and then we went and wrote to him with a net price list showing a lower price than I 'd put up and we had to reduce it . |